With an increase in passenger air travel around the globe, the size of the commercial aviation industry is set to double over the next twenty years. With this growth comes significant implications for the professional pilot industry.
Boeing and Airbus highlight in their pilot market outlooks that over 500,000 pilots will need to be trained globally and Canada alone will face a shortage of over 6,000 pilots.
Our analysis indicates that this demand will drive an exponential increase and need for trained pilots and flight training specifically in Alberta and Canada.